Noblemen, enslaved people, freedom fighters, slaveowners: what the complex family tree of the first American pontiff reveals.

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This is a documentary photo story curated by AP photo editors. In 2015, more than 1 million migrants and refugees arrived in ...

A video went viral, breaking down the complex ancestry and DNA of Coloured people in South Africa, promoting a deeper ...

The daguerreotypes, an early photographic process, were taken to support “polygenism,” which falsely states that African-descended people are inferior to White people.

The settlement comes after a 15 year legal battle between the university and a Connecticut woman who claims she is a ...

Arguable the most controversial of the publication's findings is that Pope Leo is also related to Grammy icon Madonna through ...

Danielle Scott: Ancestral Call is part of In The Making, a documentary shorts series from American Masters and Firelight Media follows emerging cultural icons on their journeys to becoming masters of ...

Nina McGehee's journey to uncover the art also helped her understand the emotional weight her family carried with them when ...

Featuring works from Chelsea Odufu, Laurena Finéus, Jarrett Key, and more, the show challenges how we encounter personal ...

Taylor has previously been open about the fact that she was raised by her mom, Liann. Her biological father wasn't present in ...